Housing

Homelessness Taskforce meets to discuss Youth Homelessness Strategy

Friday, 11 June 2021

A new Youth Homelessness Strategy is needed and must be focused on the housing exclusion of young people. Low pay, poverty, irregular work all play a part but access to affordable secure housing is integral to ensuring that a cohort of young people without adequate resources do not begin their adult lives as homeless.

Social Justice Ireland presents Budget Priorities to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Thursday, 3 June 2021

How we plan our finances, and what we choose to prioritise, post-Covid-19, will have profound implications for the future of our economy and society. To this end Social Justice Ireland proposed to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight that the priorities for Budget 2022 should be adequate social welfare rates and poverty reduction, just taxation, housing for all and tackling unemployment.

Economic Recovery Plan not on scale required to address the challenges we face

Tuesday, 1 June 2021

The Economic Recovery Plan announced today, while welcome, is not of the scale required to address the social, economic and environmental challenges that we now face. Covid-19 has brought extraordinary social and economic costs. Alongside this, the challenges that existed pre-Covid remain and cannot be ignored

EU Child Guarantee - will it work?

Monday, 31 May 2021

The issue of child poverty is again prominent in the European Commission agenda, with the publication of the Council Recommendation for Establishing a European Child Guarantee. In order to be successful, increased political focus is required and children must be at the heart of post-Covid recovery plans. Increased European and national funding is also a prerequisite for success.

10 Point Plan to Deliver Housing for All

Monday, 10 May 2021

Social Justice Ireland has today submitted our 10 Point Plan to deliver Housing for All, as part of the Government's anticipated new housing strategy. Our proposals move away from housing as a commodity towards housing as a home, addressing deficits in homelessness prevention and supports; necessary increases in social housing provision; affordable housing; strengthening the private rented sector; and ensuring that housing developments are provide for sustainable communities.

10 Point Plan to Deliver Housing for All

Monday, 10 May 2021

Precarious Housing - The Long-term impact of Child and Youth Homelessness

Friday, 9 April 2021

New research from Canada indicates that adults who first experienced homelessness in childhood are more likely to experience precarious housing, even with Housing First Supports. This highlights the need for additional policy interventions to support the 3,000 children and young people in Ireland accessing emergency homeless accommodation today.

Private Rental Accommodation out of reach for many -Time for a Cost Rental Model

Friday, 2 April 2021

Many simply need more housing than they can afford at market rates. With more of us renting into the future, it’s vitally important that affordable rental is seriously explored. A cost rental model would be a major step in that direction.

Returning to previous ‘normal’ would mean failure – time for a new Social Contract

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

In its annual Socio-Economic Review Social Justice Ireland argues that fundamental changes are required if Ireland is to have a fair recovery post-pandemic. Returning to pre-Covid normal would mean failure. A new Social Contract is needed and it can be developed and delivered.

Shared Equity in Unaffordable Housing

Monday, 8 March 2021

The General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 continues to be debated by Government. Here we look at the provisions around shared equity and what they'll really mean for home buyers.